Rescuers deploy heavy machinery in Indonesia school collapse search

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Indonesian rescuers have begun using bulldozers, cranes and heavy machinery after receiving clearance on Thursday (Oct 2) to recover 59 teenagers still buried under the ruins of a collapsed Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Indonesian rescuers began using bulldozers, cranes, and heavy machinery after receiving

00:06clearance on Thursday to recover 59 teenagers still buried under the ruins of a collapsed

00:11Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java.

00:16Indonesia National Disaster Mitigation Agency Chief Suharyanto said the decision was made

00:21after parents of the victims agreed to allow heavy equipment, despite initial resistance.

00:51Search teams say they found no signs of life, even after using scanners and motion detectors.

01:06The Al-Khazini Islamic boarding school collapsed on Monday while students were performing afternoon

01:12prayers.

01:13The upper floors, still under construction, came crashing down on them.

01:18On Wednesday, the National Search and Rescue Agency said six had been confirmed dead.

01:24However, the country's Disaster Mitigation Agency put the toll at five on Thursday.

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